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Who Will Replace Jobs on Disney Board?

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Mike Bastoli

It’s a question that regrettably must be asked. For five years prior to his death, Steve Jobs served as Pixar’s voice on the Walt Disney Company board of directors and provided valuable insight (must read) in other areas as well. … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, Both Started With A Mouse

Posted on October 6, 2011 by John Frost

I was honored to be interviewed by local news channel WESH today. They asked me to put some perspective on how the death and legacy of Steve Jobs parallels that of Walt Disney. Both were great innovators. Among other things, … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs, founded Pixar and Apple, Dead at 56

Posted on October 5, 2011 by John Frost

Many people will write better tributes to Steve than I can here. They’ll mention how he invented personal computing, built Apple from the ground up, twice, and started a revolution in computer animation by having the vision to see something … Continue reading →

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Should Apple buy Disney?

Posted on April 20, 2011 by John Frost

Marketwatch commentator Conor Sen makes an interesting proposal, Steve Jobs should take Apple’s massive cash holdings and purchase The Walt Disney Company. What should it buy? Increasingly, Apple is moving away from computing and toward the intersection of computing, communications, … Continue reading →

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Did Apple use Pixar’s The Incredibles to test market The iPad

Posted on January 31, 2011 by John Frost

We know that Apple provided Pixar designers the opportunity to meet with their head product design team while coming up with the concept for the robot ‘Eve’ from Wall-E, but was the collaboration between the two companies before that? /Film … Continue reading →

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